Ponduru

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Ponduru | native_name = | native_name_lang = te | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Census Town | image_skyline = Weaving,ponduru,march25.png | image_alt = | image_caption = Weaving at Ponduru | pushpin_map =  | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = India | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Andhra Pradesh | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Srikakulam | established_title =  | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | parts_type = | parts = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name=census>{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook - Srikakulam|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2811_PART_B_DCHB_SRIKAKULAM.pdf|website=Census of India|accessdate=11 January 2016|pages=26–28, 54}}</ref> | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 11.07 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 12640 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Telugu | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 532 168 | area_code_type = Telephone code | area_code = +91–8941 | registration_plate_type = Vehicle Registration | registration_plate = AP30 (Former)<br /> AP39 (from 30 January 2019)<ref>{{cite news |title=New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203234146/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2019 |accessdate=9 June 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=31 January 2019 |location=Vijayawada}}</ref> | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Ponduru''' is a census town in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is the mandal headquarters of Ponduru mandal in Srikakulam revenue division.<ref name=map>{{cite web|title=Srikakulam district mandals |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part31.pdf|website=Census of India|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|accessdate=18 May 2015 |pages=219}}</ref> It falls under the Amadalavalasa Assembly Constituency and Srikakulam Loksabha Constituency.

It is at a distance of {{cvt|21|km}} from the district headquarters.

==Population==

Ponduru town has total population of 12,640, of which 6,111 are males while 6,529 are females, as per the report released by Census India 2011.<ref>{{cite report|title=District Census Handbook Srikakulam: Village and Town Directory|year=2011|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations Andhra Pradesh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2811_PART_A_DCHB_SRIKAKULAM.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409045430/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2811_PART_A_DCHB_SRIKAKULAM.pdf|archive-date=2022-04-09|access-date=2024-07-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Education== The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Education Department|url=http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|publisher=School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=7 November 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107220545/http://rmsaap.nic.in/Notification_TSG_2015.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal {{!}} AP State Portal|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/|website=www.ap.gov.in|accessdate=7 November 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155331/http://www.ap.gov.in/department/organizations/school-education/|archivedate=7 November 2016}}</ref> Instruction is in English and Telugu in different schools.

==Ponduru khadi== Ponduru is famous for its khadi. The texture of handspun and handwoven khadi of this place is 125 count on account of its quality. Former freedom fighter Chowdary Satyanarayana gifted a dhoti made of Ponduru khadi to Mahatma Gandhi when he stopped in Dusi Railway Station in 1942 and Gandhi was impressed with the finesse of the khadi produced here.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/ponduru-khadi-may-become-extinct/article1997912.ece|title=Ponduru khadi may become extinct|first=K. Srinivasa|last=Rao|date=7 May 2011|work=The Hindu}}</ref> Later Gandhi sent his son Devdas Gandhi to Ponduru to study the process followed in making khadi textiles in this place.

==Transportation== ===Train service=== Ponduru railway station is situated on Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section, part of the Howrah-Chennai main line under Waltair railway division of East Coast Railway zone.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ponduru Railway Station News - Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/news/news-ponduru-pdu/2340|access-date=2020-08-22|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref> All passenger trains and a couple of express trains halt in Ponduru Railway Station.

===Bus service=== Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation runs buses to Ponduru. It is well connected with Srikakulam District head quarters with regular bus services, both ordinary and express service.

===Air service=== The nearest airport is Visakhapatnam Airport which is around {{cvt|100|km}} from Ponduru town which is around two and half hours drive by car.

==Villages== *Lolugu *Kinthali

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{commons category|Ponduru, Srikakulam}}

Category:Census towns in Andhra Pradesh Category:Uttarandhra Category:Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam district